Brussels, 30/07/2013 (Agence Europe) - The introduction of a financial transactions tax (FTT) by eleven member states using the enhanced cooperation mechanism (see EUROPE 10706) could cost up to 640,000 job losses in the European Union, says the New Directions think tank, chaired by British Conservative MEP Geoffrey Van Orden.
In a press release published on 30 July, New Directions (which describes itself as being in favour of the free market and new ideas and reforms in Europe) quotes its...